Metal Oxides and Their Composites for Photocatalytic Degradation
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 1590
Special Issue Editors
Interests: two-dimensional nanomaterials; perovskites; photocatalysis; water splitting (H2 generation); CO2 photoreduction; XRD and TEM analysis; rietveld refinement
Interests: nanomaterials; photocatalysis; heterojunction; nanocomposites; water splitting; environmental remediation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Limited natural resources and a deteriorating environment are compelling the scientific community to look for sustainable development solutions. Photocatalysis is one of the advanced technologies that can sustainably deal with the remediation of environmental threats and energy crises utilizing clean solar energy. Metal oxides are widely researched photocatalysts for photocatalytic environmental remediation, energy generation, organic synthesis, and medical treatment. With their unique electronic, structural, and optical properties, they are widely regarded as prominent photocatalysts. Extensive scientific exploration has been carried out to enhance the performance of metal oxide-based photocatalysts via different strategies, such as metal/non-metal doping, bandgap engineering, facet engineering, defect engineering, and heterojunction formation. Thus, further developments concerning metal oxide photocatalysts or their composites for enhanced photocatalytic applications will be presented and appreciated.
This Special Issue will focus on the recent developments in metal oxides and their composite photocatalysts for wastewater treatment, as well as their reaction mechanisms. Submissions in the form of both original research articles and reviews are welcome on topics encompassing the design of novel materials and the development of new synthetic routes for applications in photocatalytic pollutant degradation.
Dr. Jaideep Malik
Dr. Surjeet Chahal
Dr. Parmod Kumar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal oxides
- semiconductor photocatalsysis
- composite materials
- photocatalyst
- wastewater treatment
- dye degradation
- hetrojunction
- advanced oxidation processes (AOPs)
- environmental remediation
- nanomaterials
- solar catalysis
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